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Nicole Sandler What's News - The And Then There Were Nine Edition 11 - 16 - 2017 by Progressive Voices

Our guest host today is Maggie Thompson of 'Generation Progress', a national organization that works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges. (On Twitter: @maggiekthompson)

Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.

1. Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's new attempts to roll back regulations on the for-profit college industry

Guest 1: Tariq Habash, Policy Associate, The Century Foundation

Tweets: @edpolicyhabash

Guest 2: Charlotte Hancock, Program Director, Higher Ed Not Debt

Tweets: @higherednotdeb

2. How the new GOP Tax Bill would hurt students and borrowers

Guest: Sara Garcia, Research Associate, Higher Education, Center for American Progress

Tweets: @Sara_A_Garcia

The website for 'Generation Progress' is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @GenProgress.

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Background Briefing 11-16-2017 by Progressive Voices

Urging listeners to push through any possible 'outrage fatigue,' I explain why as I discuss four important topics during today's show.

1. The disastrous Republican tax bill and how CEOs are admitting that they won't reinvest any tax breaks they receive back into their companies (which negates one of the biggest talking points of those who support the plan)

2. How some Republicans would rather support an alleged child molester (Roy Moore) for Senate rather than a Democrat (Doug Jones)

3. "Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is under investigation for involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap a Turkish dissident cleric living in the US and fly him to an island prison in Turkey in return for $15 million dollars" (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/10/michael-flynn-trump-turkish-dissident-cleric-plot)

4. Donald Trump Jr. has admitted to being in regular communication with Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign, further linking him to Russian election interference